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I don’t know how much of this is humility, but to me, being concerned with WHAT is right is just how I’m wired. It’s just normal.
I don’t understand those who run from the truth for whatever reason.
We need to live in reality to be in unity.
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“PRIDE is concerned with WHO is right. HUMILITY is concerned with WHAT is right.”
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Like the Bereans in the Bible — TRUTHERS:
“Now these were MORE NOBLE than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all readiness of the mind, EXAMINING THE SCRIPTURES DAILY TO SEE WHETHER THESE THINGS WERE SO.” – Acts 17:11
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“Our nation is going to be converted when we have the fear of God restored to the church.”
“Most modern preachers … aren’t telling the whole truth and cherry picking the scriptures to please a flesh pleasing crowd.”
“It’s the love of God and the fear of God that gives us healthy boundaries in our lives.”
– Jerry Milliken
Transcribed by Jeff Fenske
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“Having therefore these promises, dearly beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from all filthiness of the flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God.” – 2 Cor. 7:1
“So then, my beloved, even as you have always obeyed, not only in my presence, but now much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and *trembling*.” – Php. 2:12
“DON’T BE CONCEITED, but FEAR; for if God didn’t spare the natural branches [the Jews], neither will he spare you. See then the GOODNESS and SEVERITY of God. Toward those who fell, severity; but toward you, goodness, IF YOU CONTINUE in his goodness; OTHERWISE YOU WILL ALSO BE CUT OFF.” – Rom. 11:20-22
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[youtube=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hI86ovwMY1U]The Wrath of God By Jerry Milliken
Savannah First Assembly of God Savannah TN
Published on Apr 29, 2016
Related:
Whatever Happened To The Wrath Of God? by
Only a life that FEELS RIGHT NOW will FEEL RIGHT WHEN…
When we see Jesus face to Face in His FULL glory, we must have faith to enter, because we overcame the world by His grace, and therefore have confidence to stand. If we feel guilty now imagine how guilty we’ll feel FULLY in His presence!
I’ve long been earnestly trying to figure out why most run away from the truth, since I’m not wired that way at all. I think John B. Wells’ guest nails it. People are running away from their Conscience — with dire consequence!
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Freedom quote transcribed by Jeff Fenske from Caravan to Midnight, Ep. 487 – 3-11-16
Joe Plummer comes aboard with admonitions for preserving national sovereignty.
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John B. Wells:
“What turned you into an activist? … What was the aha moment?”
Joe Plummer [not: ‘Joe the Plumber’]
“It’s an issue of refusing to ignore your conscience. And some people seem to have that problem….
When you see something that is so inexcusably illegitimate and wrong, something in you won’t allow you to let it go, so you fight it [what is wrong].
I, like most people, had been raised under the assumption that government was legitimate, that it impeded predatory behavior, and was there to serve our interests. And once I started to realize that it was the most atrocious lie I had ever been told I became initially pretty angry, and then at some point I realized I was only poisoning myself with that anger. So I tried to take a more balanced view of all of it. But at the same time, still, the drive to fight it is just irresistible, because I can’t imagine anything else.
If I were to just try to accept that what we have is all there is going to be and live with it I’d have to kill part of who I am.”
John B.:
“In closing, Joseph, what is your message to the world?”
Joe:
“Obey your conscience.”
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Related:
[FreedomQuote] “It’s hard to accept the truth when the lies were exactly what you wanted to hear.”
“Putting your head in the sand will not save your backside”
Willful Ignorance: Actively Resisting the Truth & Truth-tellers
[FreedomQuote] ”I Would Rather Know The Ugly Truth Than A Beautiful Lie”
From Willful Ignorance through Cognitive Dissonance to “Could I Be Wrong?”
[Willfully ignorant] Dr. Doug Rokke: People won’t acknowledge what the US has really done because the foundation for everything they’ve believed and what they’ve trusted literally collapses…Gandhi: Widespread Belief Doesn’t Make an Error True
“Truth … lies in the depth where few are willing to search for it.”
[WordPOWER!] 2 Peter 3: BEWARE, in the LAST DAYS People Will Be WILLINGLY IGNORANT
“One of the things that we definitely know is that we need a spiritual revival. … There’s this cultural degradation going on. Nothing appears to be outrageous any longer.”
– Fmr. Congresswoman Cynthia McKinney – 3/7/16 on The Power Hour
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Related:
I got this word from God for a church founder in Anchorage, 25 years ago, while getting ready to discuss with the then, head pastor what I had recently been shown about why God couldn’t move in our church.
It says a lot about what needs to happen for real Christianity and full revival to occur. And this is also a salvation issue: “There is therefore now *no condemnation* to those who are IN CHRIST Jesus, who don’t WALK according to the flesh, but ACCORDING TO THE SPIRIT.” (Romans 8:1)
This is also the prophecy that inspired my NOHATE license plate:
Aug, 9,1990
“Our eyes are full of sawdust. We can’t see clearly to see the kingdom. There is might and there is power and there is glory, but it is being withheld until these relationships are made right, until we love our brother enough to feel his hurt deeply and say kind words of salve that heal their souls.
[___] can do this. This is vital. They are necessary. For he must do this for healing to occur. He is a man of integrity in many ways.
Fear must decrease. Love must increase. He will fight and he will win the battle over the stronghold of fear and unforgiveness, sayeth the Lord.”
The video’s sound is muffled, but I’d still like to share Len’s important point #3, which even many pastor’s wives aren’t currently heeding.
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GETTING REAL and getting honest before GOD
regarding sins in the churches and what is required to obtain GOD’s renewed favor and Divine Protection…
Here then is a guideline & outline for prayer: a list of the sins and offenses we will be praying over SPECIFICALLY and by name before GOD in earnest repentance for these things:
[…]
3) lack of modesty in women’s dress and fashions, promoting both lust and immorality. There is a very real difference between a girl or woman looking lovely or feminine or beautiful, … and showing off their body in a way that intends to illicit lust of the eyes or lust of the flesh. The former is fine; the latter is SIN.
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[youtube=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4XF6aax19lE]IMPORTANT ! Why I am sending forth this Prophetic word. PART 1
Published on Dec 4, 2013
IN THE NAME of THE LORD Yeshua The Messiah, The Holy One of Israel and the Church that bears His Name…
Introduction:
Almost exactly one year ago a major super-typhoon was headed for and predicted to hit Cebu City almost deadcenter head-on. In the last few hours before making landfall: it veered to the south and caused great flooding, loss of life and damages to the south of Cebu.
* Then in mid-October this year: a major 7.2 earthquake rocked Bohol and Cebu and surrounding islands, causing great damage to many buildings and properties and loss of life exceeding 200. Significantly, many churches were greatly damaged or destroyed in this earthquake, … including the Belfry of the Sto.Nino Cathedral in downtown Cebu City. [*see video link below]
* Shortly after that major disaster: three very rare tornadoes crossed over the sea-way from Bohol to Mactan island, Lapu Lapu, Mandaue, and parts of Cebu, causing damages to homes & properties – this was another warning from GOD.
* Then most recently in November of this year, what has been called by many “the Monster Super-Typhoon of the Century” DEVASTATED huge areas of the central Philippines, including northern Cebu, Leyte, Samar, and many other places and smaller islands. This typhoon was SO HUGE, SO MASSIVE, & POWERFUL that it literally shocked the world as it swept through the central heart of the Philippine Islands. WHAT HAS GOD BEEN SAYING IN THIS ??? Is He simply “looking the other direction” when such things happen ? Has He seemingly removed His Hand of protection from many parts of this nation ? If so: WHY? WHAT IS GOD SAYING ? … for HE DEFINITELY speaks in circumstances AS WELL AS by His Word and by His servants who hear from Him and those who seek to understand His Will and His Ways . . .
TEXT OF MESSAGE:
GETTING REAL and getting honest before GOD
regarding sins in the churches and what is required to obtain GOD’s renewed favor and Divine Protection…
This is an invitation to all concerned Christians, pastors, and prayer warriors to meet in our home and in each others’ homes in order to seek GOD in earnest repentance over the sins and offenses in the churches and in the nation. This is to seek also GOD’s forgiveness and mercy and for His favor and Divine Protection to return to the nation and peoples of the Philippines.
Here then is a guideline & outline for prayer: a list of the sins and offenses we will be praying over SPECIFICALLY and by name before GOD in earnest repentance for these things:
beginning with
1) flagrant idolatry, both in the making, merchandising, and use of religious images IN DIRECT VIOLATION OF GOD’s commandment. repentance also for various “idols of the heart”, including anything that, by degrees, replaces the primacy & priority of Christ and His Kingdom.
2) carnal, ungodly youth rock music in churches & assemblies. this music and “praise & worship” that is mostly worldly, carnal and NOT honoring to or acceptable to GOD. worse than this: most christians are not even aware of nor do they discern how ungodly much of this “youth music” is in the sight of GOD. Most of it is just plain NOT WORTHY of Him.
3) lack of modesty in women’s dress and fashions, promoting both lust and immorality. There is a very real difference between a girl or woman looking lovely or feminine or beautiful, … and showing off their body in a way that intends to illicit lust of the eyes or lust of the flesh. The former is fine; the latter is SIN.
4) rebellious, undisciplined children in the churches.This is, of course, the fault of the parents, the society, and pastors who do not teach proper respect for elders & authority.
5) lust, adultery, live-ins, homosexual couplings – some of this even in the midst of both catholic and protestant churches.
all these things are RAMPANT in society & in many churches and church-people.
( this message is continued in Part 2 of video)
* video link to the collapse & destruction of the Belfry at Sto.Nino Cathedral, downtown Cebu: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wsauP…
* 2 Chronicles 7:14 * “PROVIDED, – GIVEN THAT MY PEOPLE
WHO ARE CALLED BY MY NAME
* WILL HUMBLE THEMSELVES,
* AND PRAY & SEEK MY FACE,
* AND TURN FROM THEIR WICKED/SINFUL WAYS
* THEN: will I hear from Heaven, and will forgive their sin, and
will heal their Land.”
do it. … be a DOER of the Word, … not a hearer only.
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website:
https://www.facebook.com/lenbenhear
https://www.clearlight.j143.com
Related:
The Low-Cut Top Epidemic: May We Be Holy
2014 Pornography Survey of ‘Christian’ Men: MAJORITY not only lusting, but into porn!!
[ video ] Jessica Rey: The Evolution of the Swimsuit — Can Modesty Make a Comeback?
Bikini Facts: The bikini was introduced by inspiration of Satan. When the bikini was first invented…
What does God say? Women, children and men exposing themselves to TSAs in NAKED BODY SCANNERS!
Fox: Not quite porn… or news — Distracting viewers with mis-information and ‘info-babes’
1942 Minnesota: Bathing beaches prior to the low-cut top epidemic
Amazing Dress: India Arie singing with Carlos Santana on The Tonight Show. This is grace!
All of my Lust Freedom! posts [latest appear first, 10 posts per page]
Recently, I had a dream in which I was sharing the truth about women in leadership over men in the church. I found this video today, and thought I’d share Len’s statement.
I have personally often seen women trying to run churches through their husbands or directly. This is clearly one of the key factors keeping Jesus’ John-17, heart-desire of ‘ONE’ from happening among us.
God made men and women very differently, with specific strengths and weaknesses. To buck God’s order in the church (and in the home) is to buck God Himself, causing dysfunction. “Rebellion is as the sin of witchcraft.”
I’ll include some of my male/female posts below.
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Sins that must be repented of:
#6 The Violation of God’s Government and Divine Order
“The violation of God’s government, authority and divine order in leadership and authority by men and organizations that are ordaining women as pastors and bishops…in leadership.
God ordained men to be in position and responsibility, positions of leadership and covering and authority, both in the home, the family and in the local church.
Who are you to change that? God ordained men into those positions of leadership, not women.”
– Len Hummel
Transcribed by Jeff Fenske
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[youtube=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9IPrZP4ggnw]Part 2: REALITY: GETTING REAL & HONEST BEFORE GOD…the only thing that really works…
“If we’re not willing to forgive others and be reconciled to others that we’ve had bad words with — or they offended us or we offended them, and there was all of these offenses and all of this disunity and division, and so on. If we’re not willing to humble ourselves and repent of that, you can kiss God’s revival goodbye. You can kiss His presence goodbye. You can kiss His blessing goodbye.
God requires us to repent of our many offenses: if we’ve offended someone, if we’ve spoken evil of them. If we have sinned against them.
‘Lord, forgive us our sins as we forgive those who sin against us.’ And too many Christians are not doing that.”
– Len Hummel
Transcribed by Jeff Fenske
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[youtube=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=czn9dChRcFk]A Wake-up Call to the churches Part 1
Related:
Rick Joyner: “REPENTANCE includes RESTITUTION for the wrongs that have caused injury to others”
Charisma Editor: An Asbury-like Spiritual Awakening is the “Only Thing That Will Save Us”
My Dream of ‘ONE’ Happening at Abbott Loop CC!
REVIVAL at ASBURY College 1970–God Showed Up Big-Time!
Better to Be a Poor Man than a Liar
If we build it He will come:
“Let Us Be ONE” (A Prophecy)
All of my Lying posts at ToBeFree, including Why Do People Lie? Fear, Lack of Love & Greed
The Lord said that many ministers begin their ministries in the clean river, but after time, find themselves in the valley. He warned me strongly that once you go down to the valley, though it’s possible to make your way back to the mountain, it is almost impossible because many times it will require public repentance and public humility. Many have trouble dealing with their pride to do that.
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From: Charisma
A Prophetic Vision of Two Rivers and a Strong Warning
JOSH FONTAINE
In July I received a vision from the Lord concerning polluted waters and bad fruit. …
The Lord led me to the banks of this river and it was a relatively wide river with rapidly moving water. As we approached the banks, I began to notice a horrible smell coming from the water. Once we reached the edge of the bank, the smell was overpowering me and it reeked like severely stagnant water and when I looked down into it, there was no life in this water other than tadpoles and leeches, but no vegetation or fish. ..it was polluted.
He then took me up the river to the mouth of it. The river was flowing out of the side of a mountain. Located at the corner of the valley and the mountain there was a very large factory. It was surrounded by a very high fence with razor wire across the top. The large door had a sign written across the top of the door that read “The Modern Church.”
At all four corners were high watch towers with armed guards on each of them. The Lord spoke to me and said that these watchmen were looking for an enemy, but I thought it wasn’t the enemy. I asked the Lord who they considered their enemy and He said that they were watching for any man or woman that would dare challenge the practices of the modern church.
He then told me that they were highly trained character assassins and they would stop at nothing to silence the voices of those that would speak out and challenge carnal practices of the modern church system. …
The people were very trendy and modern in their style and dress. I walked up to a man with his back to me and touched his shoulder. He turned around and I stepped back because his eyes were whited out and he was zombified. Death was in his face. I began to declare to him that he was dead, but that I could lead him to life. He began to defend his position with all sorts of philosophies and nothing I said was impacting him. I asked the Lord why the man wouldn’t hear me and He said because “he wouldn’t endure sound doctrine.” The Lord then told me that this man was the product of people eating rotten fruit and drinking from polluted waters.
The part that stood out the most about this encounter with this man was the fact that he was utterly convinced he was alive. He couldn’t be convinced of his condition.
From here, the Lord then took me into the mountain where the river began. He took me past the factory and into a cave where the water was coming out. He took me up into the mountain and the water flowing through this mountain was the clearest, most beautiful water I’ve ever seen. This water was living and vibrant. The Lord spoke to me that this river was the pure movement of His Spirit. He told me that this river was where His power and anointing was found. He said that many people are looking for Him in the “valley of man,” but He wasn’t found there. He was found in the hill of the Lord.
He told me that He was issuing an invitation to His people to come and flow in this river. He said that even though the invitation was to all of His ministers, many wouldn’t tap into it because of what was going to be required to flow there. …
He then quoted Psalm 24:3-5, which says: “Who may ascend the hill of the Lord? Who may stand in His holy place? He who has clean hands and a pure heart; who has not lifted up his soul unto vanity, nor sworn deceitfully. He will receive the blessing from the Lord, and righteousness from the God of his salvation.”
He said that many ministers begin their ministries in the clean river, but after time, find themselves in the valley. He warned me strongly that once you go down to the valley, though it’s possible to make your way back to the mountain, it is almost impossible because many times it will require public repentance and public humility. Many have trouble dealing with their pride to do that.
Related:
Rick Joyner: “REPENTANCE includes RESTITUTION for the wrongs that have caused injury to others”
“No snowflake in an avalanche ever feels responsible”
Leaders Who Have Hurt People But Refuse to Repent
My Dream of ‘ONE’ Happening at Abbott Loop CC!
Awakening Meetings End at IHOP. Why?
Benny Hester: “When God Ran” — God will RUN when we come back to Him!
If we build it He will come:
“Let Us Be ONE” (A Revival Prophecy)
[photo] Abbott Loop Christian Center (Abbott Loop Community Church) — 1985
All of my Revival posts (latest appear first, 10 posts per page)
From: wnd.com
“We need to pray that America has a spiritual awakening. That is really our only hope. There is no political messiah that will save us. This is bigger than politics. This is bigger than culture. We need a spiritual solution. The United States needs a spiritual awakening like it has never needed before. We need to pray for that. And we need to pray for the church.”
– Greg Laurie
Related:
Dumitru Duduman: The Russian Invasion of America — “It will start with the world calling for ‘peace, peace.’ Then there will be an internal revolution in America…. The government will be busy with internal problems. Then, from the oceans…” — The rapture will occur AFTER America is destroyed, as God destroys the enemies of Israel! (This may not be far away now, once China is ready to assist Russia, early in the next decade. Most Americans will probably die from the effects of the EMP pulse alone. Imagine: no electricity for a year! We’ve amused ourselves to death.)
Key problems cannot and will not be solved unless we’re willing to look at what’s really going on, and then talk about it, despite the immense pressure to ‘go along to get along.’
We must be determined to do what is right, instead of what is socially acceptable: “Don’t talk about politics or religion.”
ToBeFree!!!!!!!!!
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“I like the idea of speaking about things that are taboo, because generally, the things that are most taboo are
where the most truth is actually hidden. And that’s why you’re not allowed to talk about it.”
– Ken O’Keefe
(in speaking about oppressive, Talmudic Zionists on The Power Hour, 7/2/15)
Transcribed by Jeff Fenske
Related:
(video) Solving 911 Ends the War – Christopher Bollyn 2015 — Talmudic Jews really did do 9-11!
I’m glad this deer TOTALLY gets FREE! My concern would be the deer would pull himself/herself away before the job was done. Looks like the deer was cut badly, trying to free him/herself.
I was thinking about this video this morning, while praying specifically for a number of people. Many are BOUND by actual demons, and praying in the Spirit for people can help FREE them.
And many wish (pray/James-3 curse) that people would be against people, which happens to me many times every day. When we pray for the bullies the people they have cursed get FREE!!! I believe this could be easily clinically proven someday.
I’ve been praying in the Spirit for people since the early ‘80s.
One of the great deceptions in these last days is the widespread ignoring of the effect that demons have on people, which is totally unlike what was taught and practiced in the New Testament. The result is that most Christians now have many demons in them, affecting them directly, even making people sick and lethargic, which I prove can happen here:
Can a Christian Have a Demon? Absolutely! Most Have Many!
I believe that’s why Paul prayed in tongues more than anyone, to get FREE. He was a point man who was James-3 cursed a lot. This prophecy partially describes what’s going on and ways to get free:
Getting right with those we’ve hurt can FREE us from guilt and condemnation too. This is an important video in many ways. I’ve been pushing for a permanent Asbury to happen, ONE can happen, perhaps starting here in Anchorage, once key people get right with those they’ve hurt — especially one key person, who seems to be holding up this FREEDOM fest. I don’t know what he’s waiting for. I’d be scared to death to die with guilt on my conscience.
Jesus said we need to reconcile (Mt. 5 & Jn. 17). Paul did it (Acts 24:16):
“Herein I also practice *always* having a conscience void of offense toward God and men.” (Acts 24:16)
Our consciences must be clean when we see Jesus face to FACE!:
Imagine what a permanent Asbury would be like. Awesome video here!:
To Be FREE!!!!!!!
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[youtube=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OXh_Pvj_ZHY]Deer Stuck in a Tomato Cage
The Wichita Lineman is currently my favorite song. So much heart in it! I’m planning on learning it, soon.
I JUST DON’T UNDERSTAND why ‘Christians’ who hurt people still refuse to reconcile, even at age-90, DICK — when people we know need to get healed! Why are you holding out? Why?!! Fear God, not man.
We all must be right with God and people when we see Jesus face to FACE, LIKE PAUL WAS:
“Herein I also practice *ALWAYS* having a CONSCIENCE VOID OF OFFENSE toward God and men” (Acts 24:16).
I’ve been crying at times, thinking about Glen, watching some of these videos. Glen needs to get physically healed! So many need to get healed!!
And ALL people deserve the right TO SEE THE REAL THING, ‘ONE’ happen — God’s glory among us — Jesus’ heart-cry for us in John 17 — before they die!
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[youtube=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0znHylp0xPU]Glen Campbell Talks With Sally Jessy Raphael
Published on Aug 21, 2015
From November 1989, Glen Campbell talks with Sally Jessy Raphael, mainly about his personal life, his marriages, his career in the beginning, working with Elvis, being on Shindig; his wife Kim joins him and together they talk about how they met and how God straightened out both of their lives. Glen also does a great imitation of his mom! He wraps the interview with a medley of his hits, just him and his guitar. Their kids, little Cal & Shannon & Ashley, are seen at the end.
Related:
Are we going to get ‘ONE’ happening so the world will know — to be free from the Matrix??
From: Charisma Magazine
How Jezebel Killed One of the Greatest Revivals Ever
Jennifer LeClaire
Before Azusa Street in 1906, there was the Welsh Revival in 1904. It was one of the greatest revivals ever and perhaps the one with the most tragic end. That’s because the spirit of Jezebel cut off the voice of Evan Roberts, a young man God used to set a nation on fire for God.
As history tells it, over 100,000 souls came to Jesus in Wales over the course of nine months. Hundreds of thousands more would come to know the Lord over the next couple of years—and it all started in Moriah Chapel in Loughor, South Wales where Roberts gathered with a few youth and began to pray, “Bend us! Bend us!” and eventually “Bend me! Bend me!” …
Beware the Spirit of Jezebel
..late-night services that sometimes lasted until sunrise. Those meetings ignited a revival that spread across the world, including to Azusa Street in Los Angeles. But it wasn’t long before Roberts cracked under the strain of the pressure.
“By 1905, Roberts’ mind became confused from physical and emotional exhaustion. He began hearing conflicting voices in his head and doubted his ability to distinguish the voice of the Spirit among them,” Liardon writes. …
The revival finally fizzled out in 1905 when the spirit of Jezebel operating through Jesse Penn-Lewis [Jessie Penn-Lewis], a Welsh evangelical speaker and author, beguiled young Roberts. Penn-Lewis seduced and deceived the revivalist in the prime of his anointing.
Penn-Lewis, whose doctrine was largely rejected in Wales and is even now described as apostate teaching by some modern theologians, sought to ride on Roberts’ coat-tails. Ironically, this Jezebelic woman flattered him with words that aimed to ease the suffering he was experiencing from the religious spirits in the midst of revival. But her smooth words didn’t heal his soul. He suffered a nervous breakdown and went to live at this wealthy woman’s home to recover. …
Jezebel Hates Revival
… I am believing for a Third Great Awakening. But as we move closer …. We must root out anything in us that would give these spirits a hook in our heart.
Related:
Rick Joyner: “REPENTANCE includes RESTITUTION for the wrongs that have caused injury to others”
My Dream of ‘ONE’ Happening at Abbott Loop CC!
“No snowflake in an avalanche ever feels responsible”
Leaders Who Have Hurt People But Refuse to Repent (prophecy)
[WordPower!] In Psalm 50 God Warns: “You have done these things, and I kept silent. You thought that I was just like you. … Now consider this…lest I tear you into pieces and there be none to deliver” (Hell?)
Rhydian Roberts: The Prayer — “Let this be our prayer WHEN WE LOSE OUR WAY. Lead us…guide us with your grace to A PLACE WHERE WE’LL BE SAFE” (Rhydian Roberts is Welsh, by the way)
Rhydian Roberts: The Impossible Dream (Precarious Climb and Static Photo Versions)
Benny Hester: “When God Ran” — God will RUN when we come back to Him!
This is how FREEDOM from sin and what what LIFE in the Son should feel like inside — especially when we’re all in ‘ONE’ accord, abiding in the Vine together — Jesus sharing His JOY with us, that our JOY may be FULL!!!!!!!
Jesus promised in John 15:10-12:
IF you keep my commandments, YOU WILL REMAIN IN MY LOVE; even as I have kept my Father’s commandments, and remain in his love. I have spoken these things to you, that MY JOY may remain IN YOU, and that your JOY may be made FULL. This is my commandment, that you LOVE ONE ANOTHER, even AS I have loved you.
Therefore don’t be foolish, but understand what the will of the Lord is. Don’t be drunken with wine, in which is dissipation (unsavedness), but be FILLED with the Spirit, speaking to one another in psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs; singing, and making melody in your heart to the Lord; giving thanks always concerning all things in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, to God, even the Father; subjecting yourselves one to another in the fear of Christ. – Eph. 5:17-21
When ‘ONE’ happens ‘the world will know,’ Jesus promised in John 17, because He will share His glory with us in this way!!!
Jesus in John 15:11-12:
“I have spoken these things to you, that MY JOY may remain IN YOU, and that YOUR JOY may be made FULL.
This is my commandment, that you LOVE ONE ANOTHER, even AS I HAVE loved you.
Related:
“Destitute of the Fire of God, nothing else counts; possessing
Fire, nothing else matters.”
– Samuel Chadwick
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How to get there:
Rick Joyner: “REPENTANCE includes RESTITUTION for the wrongs that have caused injury to others”
My Dream of ‘ONE’ Happening at Abbott Loop CC!
“No snowflake in an avalanche ever feels responsible”
Leaders Who Have Hurt People But Refuse to Repent (prophecy)
[WordPower!] In Psalm 50 God Warns: “You have done these things, and I kept silent. You thought that I was just like you. … Now consider this…lest I tear you into pieces and there be none to deliver” (Hell?)
Rhydian Roberts: The Prayer — “Let this be our prayer WHEN WE LOSE OUR WAY. Lead us…guide us with your grace to A PLACE WHERE WE’LL BE SAFE” (Rhydian Roberts is Welsh, by the way)
Rhydian Roberts: The Impossible Dream (Precarious Climb and Static Photo Versions)
Benny Hester: “When God Ran” — God will RUN when we come back to Him!
In 1939* Smith Wigglesworth prophesied to Lester Sumrall about the final wave of Gods glory:
“After that, after the third wave,” he started sobbing. “I see the last day revival that’s going to usher in the precious fruit of the earth. It will be the greatest revival this world has ever seen! It’s going to be a wave of the gifts of the Spirit. The ministry gifts will be flowing on this planet earth. I see hospitals being emptied out, and they will bring the sick to churches where they allow the Holy Ghost to move.”
*Some online say this was in 1947, the year Smith Wigglesworth died.
More of this prophecy is here.
Related:
[youtube=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lGMG_PVaJoI]A Call to Anguish – David Wilkerson
I know Rodney from attending 33 of his 36 revival meetings in Anchorage, Alaska in ’92. I had some amazing experiences there.
See my second link below about when we heard the angels sing. True story!!!
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Rodney starts at minute 13:30[youtube=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZthLxGWkNvY]Real Pastors Take on The NWO
Related:
When we heard angels literally sing in Anchorage, Alaska
“It’s doing the stuff that’s gonna change the world.
It’s not knowing that it’s been done once.”
– John Wimber
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[youtube=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U7wLM77curg#t=17]Doing the Stuff
Published on Jan 25, 2013
John Wimber coins the phrase ‘Doing the Stuff’ that became a ‘Wimberism’ for doing the supernatural works of the Kingdom of God.
This is BREATHTAKING FOR ME!!! I was stunned, with a big smile listening! I attended 33 of Rodney’s 36 Anchorage, Alaska REVIVAL meetings at Anchorage Christian Center (ACC) in 1992, in which I was GREATLY blessed!!!
Now, I find out that RODNEY IS ALSO AN INFOWARRIOR! He’s aware of what’s going with the NWO, and not afraid to talk about it! See the many quotes I TRANSCRIBED from this discussion, below.
Listen here (Rodney starts at MINUTE-17):
Wednesday September 17, 2014 – Pastor Rodney Howard-Browne
Pastor Rodney Howard-Browne is unleashed on Trunews to go after
the Luciferian elite who seek to build a New World Order.
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“Here we’ve got Pentecostal churches taking out the power of the Holy Spirit; don’t even speak in tongues anymore; don’t even cast out devils anymore; don’t even preach repentance anymore….”
“We funded al-Qaeda. Now we’re funding ISIS.”
“The ‘love of money’ has taken over our country. People have committed high treason and sold the nation out.”
“We are heading for the one-world government, one-money system and the rise of the Antichrist.”
Extermination camps. Construction worker called Rodney: gas lines being piped into big rooms.
“It started with the Rothschilds, and it’s passed down father to son to son to son. It’s the Luciferian structure of the globe. At the height they worship Lucifer.”
“Go study Bohemian Grove.”
“Republican Democrat are the same. They work for the same people.”
“The President is a puppet of the system. The last real President we had was John F. Kennedy, because John F. Kennedy was going to shut the whole thing down. Yes, I know Ronald Reagan came out of the blue. But then they stuck [George Herbert] Walker Bush with him, because he was head of the CIA.”
“Everything is run through the private, central banks. … Whole nations are being raped and pillaged. … All the wars are created by the bankers.”
“The reason why Gaddafi was taken out, not that I’m a fan of Gaddafi, but Gaddafi was unifying the African countries to get their own gold, print their own money, and kick out the World Bank and the IMF. And they couldn’t handle it. They put a bullet in him.”
“It’s unbelievable to me that men in America would sell their country out. … Even what the Bushes did, even what Clinton did when he revoked the Glass-Steagall Act.”
“When I talk like this, people don’t want to listen. Alright, go back to sleep. Go watch the next movie; go shopping at Walmart. But you’re going to wake up on the wrong side of the bed, I’m telling you right now, because ALL HELL IS ABOUT TO BREAK LOOSE. Repent and get right with God. Get on fire for God, and then ASK THE LORD: ‘WHAT DO YOU WANT ME TO DO?'”
“The whole mainstream media, you can’t believe a word they say. You know they’re lying when they’re moving their mouth. It’s all from the same playbook.”
Related:
When we heard angels literally sing in Anchorage (during a Rodney Howard-Browne meeting in 1992)
tobefree.press (where I explore these globalist takeover topics in depth)
This feels so good — so right — the actual LIBERATION from the bondage of sin — as Paul wrote in Romans 8:1:
“There is therefore now NO CONDEMNATION to those who are IN CHRIST Jesus, who don’t WALK according to the flesh, but ACCORDING TO THE SPIRIT.”
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Charles Grandison Finney (August 29, 1792 – August 16, 1875) was an American Presbyterian minister and leader in the Second Great Awakening in the United States. He has been called The Father of Modern Revivalism.[1] Finney was best known as an innovative revivalist during the period 1825-1835 in upstate New York and Manhattan, an opponent of Old School Presbyterian theology, an advocate of Christian perfectionism, and a religious writer.
Together with several other evangelical leaders, his religious views led him to promote social reforms, such as abolition of slavery and equal education for women and African Americans. From 1835 he taught at Oberlin College of Ohio, which accepted both genders and all races. He served as its second president from 1851 to 1866, during which its faculty and students were activists for abolition, the Underground Railroad, and universal education. (source)
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LECTURES ON REVIVALS OF RELIGION
by The Rev. CHARLES G. FINNEY
LECTURE XX.
INSTRUCTION OF YOUNG CONVERTS.
TEXT.–“Feed My lambs.”–John xxi. 15.
I REMARKED on this text in my last lecture, and was obliged, for want of time, to omit many of the points which I wished to present in regard to the
INSTRUCTION OF YOUNG CONVERTS. To-night I propose to continue the subject by noticing,
I. Several other points upon which young converts ought to be instructed.
II. To show the manner in which young converts should be treated by the church.
III. Mention some of the evils which naturally result from defective instructions given in that stage of Christian experience.
I. I shall pursue the subject, taking it up where I left off, by mentioning some further instructions which it is important should be given to young converts.
1. It is of great importance that young converts should early be made to understand what religion consists in. Perhaps you will be surprised at my mentioning this. “What! Are they converts, and do they not know what religion consists in?” I answer, They would know, if they had had no instruction but such as is drawn from the Bible. But multitudes of people have imbibed such notions about religion, that not only young converts, but a great part of the church do not know what religion consists in, so as to have a clear and distinct idea of it. There are many ministers who do not. I do not mean to say that they have no religion, for it may be charitably believed they have; but what I mean is, that they do not discriminate as to what it consists in, and cannot give a correct statement of what does and what does not constitute real religion. It is important that young converts should be taught,
Negatively, what religion does not consist in.
(1.) Not in doctrinal knowledge. Knowledge is essential to religion, but it is not religion. The devil has doctrinal knowledge, but he has no religion. A man may have doctrinal knowledge to any extent, without a particle of religion. Yet some people have very strange ideas on this subject, as though having doctrinal knowledge indicated an increase of piety. I once heard a remark of this kind. In a certain instance, where some young converts had made rapid progress in doctrinal knowledge, a person who saw it said, “How these young converts grow in grace.” Here he confounded improvement in knowledge with improvement in piety. The truth was, that he had no means of judging of their growth in grace, and it was no evidence of it because they were making progress in doctrinal knowledge.
(2.) They should be taught that religion is not a substance. It is not any root, or sprout, or seed, or any thing else in the mind, as a part of the mind itself. Persons often speak of religion as if it was something that may be covered up in the mind, just as a spark of fire may be covered up in the ashes, which does not show itself, and which produces no effects, but yet lives and is ready to act as soon as it is uncovered. And in like manner they think they may have religion, as something remaining in them, although they do not manifest it by obeying God. But they should be taught that this is not the nature of religion. It is not part of the mind itself, nor of the body, nor is it a root, or seed, or spark, that can exist and yet be hid and produce no effects.
(3.) Teach them that religion does not consist in raptures, or extacies,[sic.] or high flights of feeling. There may be a great deal of these where there is religion. But it ought to be understood that they are all involuntary emotions, and may exist in full power where there is no religion. They may be the mere workings of the imagination, without any truly religious affection at all. Persons may have them to such a degree as actually to swoon away with ecstasy, even on the subject of religion, without having any religion. I have known one person almost carried away with rapture, by a mere view of the natural attributes of God, his power and wisdom, as displayed in the starry heavens, and yet the person had no religion. Religion is obedience to God, the voluntary submission of the soul to the will of God .
(4.) Neither does religion consist in going to meeting or reading the Bible, or praying, or any other of what are commonly called religious duties. The very phrase, “religious duties,” ought to be stricken out of the vocabulary of young converts. They should be made to know that these acts are not religion. Many become very strict in performing certain things, which they call religious duties, and suppose that is being religious; while they are careless about the ordinary duties of life, which in fact constitute A LIFE OF PIETY. Prayer may be an expression and an act of piety, or it may not be. Going to church or to a prayer meeting, may be considered either as a means, an act, or an expression of pious sentiment; but the performance of these, does not constitute a man a Christian, and there may be great strictness and zeal in these, without a particle of religion. If young converts are not taught to discriminate, they may be led to think there is something peculiar in what are called religious duties, and to imagine they have a great deal of religion because they abound in certain actions that are commonly called religious duties, although they may at the same time be very deficient in honesty or faithfulness or punctuality, or temperance, or any other of what they choose to call their common duties. They may be very punctilious in some things, may tithe mint, anise and cummin, and yet neglect the weightier matters of the law, justice and the love of God.
(5.) Religion does not consist in desires to do good actions. Desires that do not result in choice and action are not virtuous. Nor are such desires necessarily vicious. They may arise involuntarily in the mind, in view of certain objects, but while they produce no voluntary act, they are no more virtuous or vicious than the beating of the pulse, except in cases where we have indirectly willed them into existence, by voluntarily putting ourselves under circumstances to excite them. The wickedest man on earth may have strong desires after holiness. Did you ever think of that? He may see clearly that holiness is the only and indispensable means of happiness. And the moment he apprehends holiness as a means of happiness, he naturally desires it. It is to be feared, that multitudes are deceiving themselves with the supposition, that a desire for holiness, as a means of happiness, is religion. Many doubtless, give themselves great credit for desires that never result in choosing right. They feel desires to do their duty, but do not choose to do it, because upon the whole they have still stronger desires not to do it. In such desires, there is no virtue. An action or desire to be virtuous in the sight of God, must be an act of the will. People often talk most absurdly on this subject, as though their desires had anything good, while they remain mere desires. “I think I desire to do so and so.” But do you do it. “O no, but I often feel a desire to do it.” This is practical atheism.
Whatever desires a person may have, if they are not carried out into actual choice and action, they are not virtuous. And no degree of desire is itself virtuous. If this idea could be made prominent, and fully riveted in the minds of men, it would probably annihilate the hopes of half the church, who are living on their good desires, while doing nothing for God.
(6.) They should be made to understand that nothing which is selfish, is religion. Whatever desires they may have, and whatever choices and actions they may put forth, if after all the reason of them is selfish, there is no religion in them. A man may just as well commit sin in praying, or reading the Bible, or going to meeting, as in any thing else, if his motive is selfish. Suppose a man prays simply with a view to promote his own happiness. Is that religion? What is it, but attempting to make God his almighty servant? It is nothing else but to attempt a great speculation, and put the universe, God and all, under contribution to make him happy. It is the sublime degree of wickedness. It is so far from being piety, that it is in fact superlative wickedness.
(7) Nothing is acceptable to God, as religion, unless it is performed heartily, to please God. No outward action has any thing good, or any thing that God approves, unless it is performed from right motives, and from the heart.
(b) Young converts should be taught fully and positively that all religion consists in obeying God from the heart. All religion consists in voluntary action. All that is holy, all that is lovely in the sight of God, all that is properly called religion, consists in voluntary action, in voluntarily obeying the will of God from the heart.
2. Young converts should be taught that the duty of self-denial is one of the leading features of the gospel. They should understand that they are not pious at all, any farther than they are willing to take up their cross daily, and deny themselves, for Christ. There is but very little self-denial in the church, and the reason is, that the duty is so much lost sight of, in giving instruction to young converts. How seldom are they told that self-denial is the leading feature of Christianity. In pleading for benevolent objects, how often will you find, that ministers and agents do not even ask Christians to deny themselves for the sake of promoting the object. They only ask them to give what they can spare as well as not, in other words, to offer unto the Lord that which costs them nothing. What an abomination! They only ask for the surplus, for what they do not want, for what they can give just as well as not. There is no religion in this kind of giving. A man may give to a benevolent object, a hundred thousand dollars, and there would be no religion in it, if he could give it as well as not, and there was no self-denial in it. Jesus Christ exercised self-denial to save sinners. So has God the Father exercised self-denial in giving his Son to die for us, and in sparing us, and in bearing with our perverseness. The Holy Ghost exercises self-denial, in condescending to strive with such unholy beings to bring them to God. The angels exercise self-denial, in watching over this world. The apostles planted the Christian religion among the nations by the exercise of self-denial. And are we to think of being religious without any self-denial? Are we to call ourselves Christians, the followers of Christ, the temples of the Holy Ghost, and to claim fellowship with the apostles, when we have never deprived ourselves of any thing that would promote our personal enjoyment for the sake of promoting Christ’s kingdom? Young converts should be made to see that unless they are willing to lay themselves out for God, and ready to sacrifice life and every thing else for Christ, they have not the spirit of Christ, and are none of his.
3. They must be taught what sanctification is. “What!” you will say, “do not all who are Christians know what sanctification is?” No, many do not. Multitudes would be as much at a loss to tell intelligibly what sanctification is, as they would be to tell what religion is. If the question were asked of every professor of religion in this city, What is sanctification? I doubt if one in ten would give a right answer. They would blunder just as they do when they undertake to tell what religion is, and speak of it as something dormant in the soul, something that is put in, and lies there, something that may be practised or not, and still be in them. So they speak of sanctification as if it were a sort of washing off of some defilement, or a purging out of some physical impurity. Or they will speak of it as if the faculties were steeped in sin, and sanctification is taking out the stains. This is the reason why some people will pray for sanctification, and practise sin, evidently supposing that sanctification is something that precedes obedience. They should be taught that sanctification is not something that precedes obedience, some change in the nature or the constitution of the soul. But sanctification is obedience, and, as a progressive thing, consists in obeying God more and more perfectly.
4. Young converts should be taught so as to understand what perseverance is. It is astonishing how people talk about perseverance. As if the doctrine of perseverance was “Once in grace, always in grace,” or, “Once converted, sure to go to heaven.” This is not the idea of perseverance. The true idea is, that if a man is truly converted, he will continue to obey God. And as a consequence, he will surely go to heaven. But if a person gets the idea, that because he is converted, therefore he will assuredly go to heaven, that man will almost assuredly go to hell.
5. Young converts should be taught to be religious in every thing. They should aim to be religious in every department of life and in all that they do. If they do not aim at this, they should understand that they have no religion at all. If they do not intend and aim to keep all the commandments of God, what pretence can they make to piety? Whosoever shall keep the whole law and yet offend in one point, he is guilty of all. He is justly subject to the whole penalty. If he disobeys God habitually in one particular, he does not in fact obey him in any particular. Obedience to God consists in the state of the heart. It is being willing to obey God; willing that God should rule in all things. But if a man habitually disobeys God, in any one particular, he is in a state of mind, that renders obedience in any thing else impossible. To say that in some things a man obeys God, out of respect to his authority, and that in some other things he refuses obedience, is absurd. The fact is, that obedience to God consists in an obedient state of heart, a preference of God’s authority and commandments to every thing else. If, therefore, an individual appears to obey in some things, and yet perseveringly and knowingly disobeys in any one thing, he is deceived. He offends in one point, and this proves that he is guilty of all; in other words, that he does not, from the heart, obey at all. A man may pray half of the time and have no religion; if he does not keep the commandments of God, his very prayer will be hateful to God. “He that turneth away his ear from hearing the law, even his prayer shall be abomination.” Do you hear that? If a man refuses to obey God’s law, if he refuses to comply with any one duty, he cannot pray, he has no religion, his very devotions are hateful.
6. Young converts, by proper instructions, are easily brought to be “temperate in all things.” Yet this is a subject greatly neglected in regard to young converts, and almost lost sight of in the churches. There is a vast deal of intemperance in the churches. I do not mean intemperate drinking, in particular, but intemperance in eating, and in living generally. There is in fact but little conscience about it in the churches. And therefore the progress of reform in the matter is so slow. Nothing but an enlightened conscience can carry forward a permanent reform. Ten years ago, most ministers used ardent spirit, and kept it in their houses to treat their friends and their ministering brethren with. And the great body of the members in the churches did the same. Now there are but few of either, who are not actual drunkards, that will do so. But still there are many that indulge without scruple in the use of wine. Chewing and smoking tobacco are mere acts of intemperance. If they use these mere stimulants when there is no necessity for it, what is that but intemperance? That is not being temperate in all things. Until Christians shall have a conscience on this subject, and be made to feel that they have no right to be intemperate in any thing, they will make but little progress in religion. It is well known, or ought to be, that TEA AND COFFEE have no nutriment in them [Many health practitioners today would disagree, when taken in moderation – editor]. They are mere stimulants. They go through the system without being digested. The milk and sugar you put in them are nourishing. And so they would be just as much so, if you mixed them with rum, and made milk punch. But the tea and coffee afford no nourishment. And yet I dare say, that a majority of the families in this city give more in a year for their tea and coffee, than they do to save the world from hell. Probably this is true respecting entire churches. Even agents of benevolent societies will dare to go through the churches soliciting funds, for the support of missionary and other institutions, and yet use tea, coffee, and, in some cases tobacco. Strange! There is now in this city, an agent employed in soliciting funds, who uses all three of these worse than useless stimulants. No doubt many are giving five times as much for mere intemperance, as they give for every effort to save the world. If the church could be made to know how much they spend for what are mere poisons and nothing else, they would be amazed. Sit down and talk with many persons, and they will strenuously maintain that they cannot get along without these stimulants, these poisons, and they cannot give them up–no, not to redeem the world from eternal damnation. And very often they will absolutely show anger if argued with, just as soon as the argument begins to pinch their consciences. O, how long shall the church show her hypocritical face at the Monthly Concert, and pray God to save the world, while she is actually throwing away five times as much for sheer intemperance, as she will give to save the world. Some of you may think these are little things, and that it is quite beneath the dignity of the pulpit to lecture against tea and coffee. But I tell you it is a great mistake of yours, if you think these are little things, when they make the church odious in the sight of God, by exposing her hypocrisy and lust. Here is an individual who pretends he has given himself up to serve Jesus Christ, and yet he refuses to deny himself any darling lust, and then he will go and pray, “O Lord, save the world; O Lord, thy Kingdom come.” I tell you it is hypocrisy. Shall such prayers be heard? Unless men are willing to deny themselves, I would not give a groat for the prayers of as many such professors as would cover the whole United States.
These things must be taught to young converts. It must come to this point in the church, that men shall not be called Christians, unless they will cut off the right hand, and pluck out the right eye, and deny themselves for Christ’s sake. A little thing? See it poison the spirit of prayer! See it debase and sensualize the soul! Is that a trifle beneath the dignity of the pulpit? When these intemperate indulgences, of one kind and another, cost the church five times if not fifty times more than all they do for the salvation of the world.
An estimate has recently been made, showing, that the United States consume seven millions of dollars worth of coffee yearly; and who does not know, that a great part of this is consumed by the church. And yet, grave ministers and members of Christian churches are not ashamed to be seen countenancing this enormous waste of money; while at the same time, the poor heathen are sending upon every wind of heaven, their agonizing wail for help. Heaven calls from above, “go preach the Gospel to every creature.” Hell groans from beneath, and ten thousand voices cry out from heaven, earth, and hell, “Do something to save the world!” Do it now! O, NOW, or millions more are in hell through your neglect. And, O, tell it not in Gath, the church, the ministry, will not deny even their lusts, to save a world. Is this Christianity? What business have you to use Christ’s money for such a purpose? Are you a steward? Who gave you this liberty? Look to it, lest it should be found at last, that you have preferred self-gratification to obedience, and made a “god of your belly.”
The time to teach these things with effect, is when they are young converts. If converts are not properly taught then, if they get a wrong habit, and begin with an easy, self-indulgent mode of living, it is rare that they are ever thoroughly reformed. I have conversed with old professors on these subjects, and have been astonished at their pertinacious obstinacy in indulging their lusts. And I am satisfied that the church never can rise out of this sloth until young converts are faithfully taught in the outset of their religious course to be temperate in all things.
7. They should be taught to have just as much religion in all their business, as they have in prayer, or in going to meeting. They should be just as holy, just as watchful, aim just as singly at the glory of God, be just as sincere and solemn, in all their daily employments, as when they come to the throne of grace. If they are not, their Sabbath performances will be an abomination.
8. They should be taught that it is necessary for them to be just as holy as they think ministers ought to be. There has for a long time been an idea that ministers are bound to be holy and practice self-denial. And so they are. But it is strange they should suppose that ministers are bound to be any more holy than other people. They would be shocked to see a minister showing levity, or running after the fashions, or getting out of temper, or living in a fine house, or riding in a coach. O, that is dreadful! It does not look well in a minister. Indeed! For a minister’s wife to wear such a fine bonnet, or such a silk shawl. O, no. But they think nothing of all this in a layman, or a layman’s wife. That is no offence at all. I am not saying that these things do look well in a minister; I know they do not. But they look in God’s eyes, just as well in a minister as they do in a layman. You have no more right to indulge in vanity and folly and pride than a minister. Can you go to heaven without being sanctified? Can you be holy without living for God, and doing all that you do to his glory? I have heard professedly good men speak against ministers’ having large salaries, and living in an expensive style, when they themselves were actually spending a great deal more money for the support of their families, than any ministers. What would be thought of a minister, living in the style in which many professors of religion, and elders of churches are living in this city. Why every body would say that they were hypocrites. But, it is just as much an evidence of hypocrisy in a layman to spend God’s money to gratify his lusts, or to please the world, or his family, as it is for a minister to do the same. It is distressing to hear some of our foremost laymen talk of its being dishonorable to religion, to give ministers a large salary, and let them live in an expensive style, when it is a fact that their own expenses, are, for the number of their families and the company they have, far above that of almost any minister. All this arises out of fundamentally wrong notions imbibed while they were young converts. Young converts have been taught to expect that ministers will have all the religion, especially all the self-denial, and so long as this continues there can be no hope that the church will ever do much for the glory of God, or for the conversion of the world. There is nothing of all this in the Bible. Where has God said, “You, ministers, love God with all your heart and soul and mind, and strength,” or “You ministers do all that you do to the glory of God?” This is said to all alike, and he who attempts to excuse himself from any duty or self-denial, from any watchfulness or sobriety, by putting it off upon ministers, or who ventures to adopt a lower scale of holy living for himself than he thinks is proper for a minister, is in great danger of proving himself a hypocrite, and paying the forfeit of his foolishness in hell.
Much depends on the instructions given to young converts. If they once get into the habit of supposing that they may indulge in things which they would condemn in a minister, it is ten to one if they will ever get out of it.
8. They should aim at being perfect. Every young convert should be taught, that if it is not his purpose to live without sin, he has not yet began to be religious. What is religion, but a supreme purpose of heart or disposition to obey God? If there is not this, there is no religion at all. It is one thing to profess to be perfect, and another thing to profess and feel that you ought to be perfect. It is one thing to say, that men ought to be perfect, and can be if they are so disposed, and another thing to say that they are perfect. If any are prepared to say that they are perfect, all I have to say is, Let them prove it. If they are so, I hope they will show it by their actions, otherwise we can never believe they are perfect.
But it is the duty of all to aim at being perfect. It should be their constant purpose, to live wholly to God, and obey all his commandments. They should live so, that if they should sin it would be an inconsistency, an exception, an individual case, in which they act contrary to the fixed and general purpose and tenor of their lives. They ought not to sin at all, they are bound to be as holy as God is, and young converts should be taught to set out in the right course, or they will never be right.
9. They should be taught to exhibit their light.
If the young convert does not exhibit his light, and hold it up to the world, it will go out. If he does not bestir himself, and go forth and try to enlighten those around him, his light will go out, and his own soul will soon be in darkness. Sometimes young converts seem disposed to be still and not do any thing in public till they get a great deal of light, or a great deal of religion. But this is not the way. Let the convert use what he has. let him hold up his little twinkling rush-light, boldly and honestly, and then God will pour in the oil and make him like a blazing torch. But God will not take the trouble to keep a light burning that is hid. Why should he? Where is the use?
This is the reason why so many people enjoy so little in religion. They do not exert themselves to honor God. They keep what little they do enjoy, so entirely to themselves, that there is no good reason why God should bestow blessings and benefits on them.
We need the “Third Great Awakening” to replace these “Days of Great Emptiness.”
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We can turn these “Days of GREAT Emptiness” into the “GREATEST Awakening” — when we decide to live fully in Him — right with each other in Christ, “that the world will know” (John 17)!
“God RESISTS the proud, but GIVES GRACE TO THE HUMBLE!“
Life in the Son!
Related:
Rick Joyner: “REPENTANCE includes RESTITUTION for the wrongs that have caused injury to others”
My Dream of ‘ONE’ Happening at Abbott Loop CC!
“No snowflake in an avalanche ever feels responsible”
Leaders Who Have Hurt People But Refuse to Repent (prophecy)
[WordPower!] In Psalm 50 God Warns: “You have done these things, and I kept silent. You thought that I was just like you. … Now consider this…lest I tear you into pieces and there be none to deliver” (Hell?)
Rhydian Roberts: The Prayer — “Let this be our prayer WHEN WE LOSE OUR WAY. Lead us…guide us with your grace to A PLACE WHERE WE’LL BE SAFE” (Rhydian Roberts is Welsh, by the way)
Rhydian Roberts: The Impossible Dream (Precarious Climb and Static Photo Versions)
Benny Hester: “When God Ran” — God will RUN when we come back to Him!
Many musicians and famous personalities stood against the Bush/Cheney wars, and then totally stood down once Obama took the helm. Michael Franti is my biggest disappointment in this regard. His “Yell Fire” CD is one of my favorites, and is powerfully antiwar. And he motived people in his many concerts.
But what Neil says, here, is disheartening too. I admire, greatly, the whole CSN&Y team for stepping out as boldly as they did — again — about 30 years since they protested Vietnam. It’s engrained in them to speak up — so I thought — before reading this about Neil.
And just today, we hear the news: Neil Young Files for Divorce From Pegi Young, Wife of 36 Years. Ughhh!
I’ve heard Neil questioning God in his songs, kind of like Roger Waters. I wonder what Neil is thinking. Certainly, he’s seen the evangelicals pushing the wars longer and as loud as the country western people. That must be confusing, and it should infuriate people who do have a heart, and have eyes to see — when we realize that none of these wars were self-defense and justified.
Now, at least in this 2012 interview, Neil is saying that maybe wars aren’t right or wrong, or maybe they can be both right and wrong. It just depends upon one’s point of view — whose side you are on?
In this one sense, Neil does seem to be thinking there is no God. So then there wouldn’t be absolute truth, right or wrong.
“So you really can’t have an opinion,” he says.
“How can you know all of the reasons?” This reminds me of this song, which I haven’t heard for so long that I forgot who wrote and sung it:
[youtube=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MMj_FG8GISg]Mark-Almond Band- What Am I Living For
Well, Neil, I hope you listen to Alex Jones and some other infowarriors who point out other aspects behind what’s really going on, so you can find out the real reason and forces behind these wars.
It really is God verses Satan, and demons and angels whom we don’t see, but who do their dirty and totally clean work every day in men’s hearts. And when we don’t understand how actively Satan works it maybe does seem futile — if God were actually sanctioning everything that took place on planet Earth.
Free will + evil, unseen forces that drive men to stumble = chaos, and then despair.
A really good album that makes sense of this is Bob Dylan’s “Slow Train Coming.” How Bob could have it that together and then go back into Judaism baffles me. He said he sold his soul. I hope he reclaims it before it’s too late.
I usually don’t do this at ToBeFree.
Let’s overcome. There is a way out of this mess — if we abide in Him — and obey with our whole heart, the One Above Who is all Goodness.
I’m pretty active on Facebook if anyone is interested. And my spiritual blog is ONEcanhappen.
There’s not much time to get our act together before it’s too late. I’m actually trying to get real Christianity happening, which looked like this in Wales, and can be amazing, again:
God bless!
Life in the Son!!!
Jeff
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From: Politico
During the Bush administration, rocker Neil Young didn’t mince his words: He wasn’t a fan of the president, especially in the realm of foreign policy.
His 2006 album, Living With War, was a harsh rebuke of George W. Bush, especially the not-so-subtle track, “Let’s Impeach the President.”
Young still doesn’t like war, but in an interview with NPR’s Terry Gross, the host of “Fresh Air,” he seems to have modified his opinion on the issue.
Gross asks about the song “Love and War” on his 2010 album, Le Noise, which includes the following lyric:
When I sing about love and war /
I don’t really know what I’m saying.
“And I think that sums it up,” Young said. “Because they’re very deep subjects. You can’t possibly know what it means to somebody else. War to one person may mean a justified thing that’s happening for a very good reason, and another person may think that’s a terrible thing and never should have happened. And another person will be thinking that he lost his sister or his brother or his mother in the war and it was a waste of time. And another person could be thinking the exact opposite: that his brother went to war and gave his life for our country. So you can’t really have an opinion, although I have opinions and I’ve had them and I’ve made very loud statements about things. But that’s the way I felt at the time.
“When I did the Living With War album, I was very outspoken about the anger I felt about certain things that were happening at that time in history. But again, I was no more right than the people who believed in it because it was such a big thing — how can you know? How can you know all of the reasons and everything that’s happening? I just don’t enjoy war. I’m not like a fan of war. And love can be very damaging, and it can be very good. So you just don’t know where to go with these things. So I wrote about that — the quandary of not knowing what to do with any of those things. It’s kind of a useless point of view.”
Related:
“…there may be no return.”
“If we don’t come before God, pure….”
“This is judgment. What we’re experiencing now is judgement for our sins, for us, for our own sins.”
“Join me in repenting….”
“The church, today, out there is so corrupt. The theology that is spread is ridiculous. Repentance is not a one-time thing. You don’t say, ‘I accept Jesus Christ in to my heart,’ and that changes you forever. Repentance is a constant thing you need to do….
– Joseph Farah
Transcribed by Jeff Fenske
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ONVZdoSM0zI]Joseph Farah: The Point of No Return
Published on Apr 29, 2014
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